Mail-box.



PATENTBD DBO. 5,1905.

' H. H. WILTFONG.

MAIL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MABLZI, 190s.

l IHYRAM WILTnoNe, on 's eLnv, 'KA'NSAS.

' M W-39 I .No. 506,38 p

provements in Mail-Boxes, of which'the following is a specification,referencebeing had therein to the accompanylng drawings My inventionrelates to mail boxes, and more particularly tothat class adapted foruseon What are known as rural free-delivery routes, one of theobjects beingto provide a device of the character described that shall be mersedtherein.

means of which these objects are attained, will ence-numeralsindicatecoI'f-responding portions best shown bythe dotted lines-inFig.3, said i inner cylindrical casing 5 being rotatabl-ysimple andinexpensive in construction, durable, convenient, and efiectlve inoperation. A further ob ect is -'to provide a mall-box especiallyadapted for use in rural districts that shall be storm-proof, my devicebeingso constructed that it is absolutely impossible'for water topenetrate the same without being .im-

Other objects and advantages of. inven tion, as Well as the. structuralfeatures by he made clear by an examination of the speci fication, takenin connection-with the accomj:

pan'yingdrawings, inwhich' the same refervthroughout, and in which pletemail-box. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on lines-'2 2 ofFig. 1, and Fig.3

is a transverse section on lines 3 3 of Fig. 1.

1 designates a suitable support which m'ay be mounted on a postoranyother desired ob ject. Rigidly mounted on said'support is an outercylindrical casing 2, having hinged or pivotally mountedthereon. asemicircular a cover 3, on which is pivotally mounted in any suitablemanner a lever 4, which ispivotally mounted at the other endon'an'innercylin d'ri'cal casing 5 .and concentric of its center, as

mounted within the outer cylindrical casing 2, as shown at6., Both theinneri and outer cylindricalj casings 2 and 5 have openings' 7 and 8,respecti l h e in'gs'fare directly oppositeeach other when the cove 31raised. 7 1

, .Piv'oted on, the cover 3is ajsuit able haspQ,

' having a slot thereinto engagewith'the hook 10, by means of which thebox maybelocked by a padlock, Secured to the inner side of the outercylindrical casing is a lug 11,"with' which a similar lug '12, securedto the outer Specification if was was A naaon filedMarch' 21, 1905. 7Serial no. 251,242.

1 scribed.

Patented. Dec. 5, 1905.

side of the inner casing 5, is adapted to en.- gage. Pivotally mountedon the cover.3 is an indicator 13. This-indicator may be placed in avertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, when mail is placed in the box tobe gathered by the carrier, and may be pushed around into anapproximately horizontal position when there is no mail in the box, orvice versa. f

In operation it will be observed that when the cover 3 is raised thelever 4, being pivotally mounted .on the inner side thereof, operates toturn the inner cylindrical casing 5 so that the opening-therein, 7 isbrought around i I in the inner cylindrical casing or taken out, as thecase may be. I When mail'is deposited in said inner cylindrical casingand the cover closed, the lever 4 causessaid innercasing to rotate'onits axis 6 and carries the opening 7 arou'ndto the 'point shown in Fig.3, so as-to preclude any chance offthe mail becoming dampened byreasonof rain or snow descending'upon'the outer casing, which isso"con-' what'l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

I g 1.'A mail-boxcomprising an outer housing Flgure 1 1s a perspectiveview of my com.-

having an opening therein, a cover pivotally mounted .thereon, :amail-holding receptacle ,rotatably mounted in the housing, and having.

an opening therein, and a pivotal connection I between the cover and thereceptacle where by, when the cover is raised, said receptacle is Irotated to present its-opening'to the opening in thehousingwhereuponmail'may be placed scribed."

outer cylindrical housing having an opening therein, of acover pivotallymounted 'th'ereon, an inner cylindrical mail retaining recep- .2. In amail-400x, the"combination-,'with an I00 I i tacle rotatably mountedfinthe-housing and I f'nection; between the cover and the mail-rehaving, anopening. therein, and a link con j I taining receptacle whereby'said:casingis r'o I .tat'ed to bring the openingtherein into, and.

mail-retaining receptacle, substantially as deout of'a position oppositethe opening inthel, housing'and confining said opening to the upper halfor are ofthe circle described by the 2,

centricof its axis and adaptedto rotate the same when the cover israised so as to bring theopenings opposite each other, and whenthe'cover is lowered to bring the opening in the inner cylindricalcasing to a position in therear of said outer cylindrical housing,subst'fitially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiik my signature in. presence of twowitnesses.

HYRAM H. WILTFONG. Witnesses:

GEORGE PIPER,.-

EDWIN .L. EBERHART.

